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Yana Alexandrovna Buchina (Яна Бучина; born 7 February 1992) is a former Russian tennis player. She won two singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 334, achieved on 12 August 2013.[1]

Yana Buchina

Yana Buchina, 2010
Native name	Яна Бучина
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow
Born	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 30) Samara
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$48,605
Singles
Career record	137–97 (58.5%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 334 (12 August 2013)
Doubles
Career record	22–21 (51.2%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 569 (5 March 2012)

Personal life

Yana Buchina was born to Alexander and Lillia Buchina[2] in Samara, Russia, where she resides.[2] Her favourite surfaces are grass and hardcourts.[2] She was coached by V. Potapenko and by Eugenia Maniokova.[2]

Tennis career

Junior career

In 2009, she played in the third round of the Australian Open girls' singles event, and the first round of the girls' doubles event, partnering Heather Watson. The duo lost to Viktoria Kamenskaya and Karina Pimkina 7–5, 6–4. She reached the second round of the French Open girls' event and the semi-finals of the doubles. Yana lost in the third round of girls' singles event and in the third round of the doubles at Wimbledon. And at US Open, she lost in the final of the singles event to Briton Heather Watson, 4–6, 1–6.

In 2010, she lost in the third round of the girls' singles event of the Australian Open.

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 April 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	1–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	1 May 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 April 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nicola Geuer	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	28 January 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lee Jin-a	5–7, 3–6

Doubles (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 March 2009	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Hard	Taja Mohorčič	Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan	3–6, 6–7(1)
Winner	2.	10 September 2010	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Polina Rodionova	Ani Mijačika Matea Čutura	7–6(5), 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	3.	23 April 2014	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Andrea Gámiz	Eugeniya Pashkova Ganna Poznikhirenko	4–6, 1–6

References

External links

• Yana Buchina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yana Buchina at the International Tennis Federation

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